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Shoemakers and Cordwainers Henry Blanck and his grandfather, Johann Christian Wenzel were shoemakers from Germany. See Henry Blanck John Sykes and his sons, Benjamin, George, and Joseph, were cordwainers (shoemakers) in England. In 1841, when George Stell Sykes was 15, the town he lived in, Adwalton, had a population of 1028 people. There were 14 shoemakers and 4 shoemakers apprentices. See John Sykes In November 3013 Peter Dodge, a cordwainer, wrote: "Usually the "cottage industry" shoe makers of the early 1800's, cut the leather pieces, then sent them out to be hand stitched in small cottages by women workers. | |
Collection of Maggie Land Blanck Formier, Outils [Last maker, tools] A last is a form of the human foot used by shoemakers to shape shoes and boots. | |
Shoemakers 1845 German Print |
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Collection of Maggie Land Blanck THE OLD-TIME SHOEMAKER | |
Collection of Maggie Land Blanck A HOPELESS CASE From a painting by Antoine Rotta in the Walter's Collection Baltimore | |
Cordwainer Shop, Munson House Spring Mill State Park near Mitchell, Indiana | ||
Postcard collection of Maggie Land Blanck
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Shoemaker's Shop Freilichtmuseum am Kiekeberg | ||
Photo collection of Maggie Land Blanck
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Shoemaker's tools The Trade Musuem of Suhlendorf | ||
Photo collection of Maggie Land Blanck
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Postmarked Hulst Germany 1903 | |
Postcard collection of Maggie Land Blanck
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Collection of Maggie Land Blanck, circa 1900 England | |
Collection of Maggie Land Blanck, Grandma and Grandpa LeFever (or Fener) written in pen on back | |
Maggie Blanck, 2013, Cloppenburg Museum Germany | |
Maggie Blanck, 2014, Detmold Outdoor Museum, Germany | |
Wiki Common, 2013 Beim Schuhmacker, Julius Faber 1850 | |
Collection of Maggie Land Blanck This 1954 ad for Dress Parade boot polish shows that the shoemaker's trade had not changed that much over the years. The ad makes two interesting points in reference to the old time shoemaker: "Time doesn't mean much to a boot-maker. They'll rub leather for hours and hours to give it that fiery, deep glow." & Dress Parade could give your shoes "that expensive hand-rubbed look". | |
Collection of Peter Dodge, October 2013 Leather outsole and mid sole cutting department in C & J Clarks of Street UK, circa 1950. | |
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